Canadian Airport to buy robotic birds for safer air travel
Edmonton International Airport will incorporate drones into its operations. The Canadian Airport announced a partnership with Clear Flight Solutions, a Netherlands-based company that specialises in robotic falcons that perform bird control services, in order to integrate an unmanned aerial system in their Wildlife Management Plan.
Practically, Edmonton Airport will use Robirds, a falcon drone in order to effectively manage bird populations. Officials hope that the drones will guide the birds to safety, away from air traffic, while discouraging nesting near airside operations and glide paths.
Clear Flight Solutions, the Netherlands-based company that has won awards with its Robird, says that this partnership will help prove that the drones can be integrated with large airport operations.
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“This is truly a historic moment for our company but especially for the entire aviation industry”, says Nico Nijenhuis, CEO of Clear Flight Solutions. “We currently operate our Robirds in a variety of places, but taking the step towards full integration within daily operations at an airport is huge. For years, there has been a lot of interest from airports. To now officially start integrating our operations at a major Canadian airport is absolutely fantastic.”
The high-tech Robird mimics the flight of an actual falcon in a realistic fashion, making its flight behaviour so indistinguishable from its natural counterpart that other birds believe that their natural enemy is present in the area.
“Our relationship with Clear Flight Solutions has created an opportunity to have a positive ecologically-friendly impact on local industries at and surrounding the airport. In a world so focused on innovation Edmonton International Airport is an industry front runner and we are proud to have a partnership with Clear Flight Solutions that allows us to actually translate innovation into value”, says Tim Bibby of Aerium.
Edmonton International Airport is Canada’s fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic and the largest major Canadian airport by land area.
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